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Edward Milton "Ed" Buckner (born March 8, 1946) is an American atheist activist who served as president of the organization American Atheists from 2008 to 2010.〔Sumerian, Enki. ("Interview with Dr. Ed Buckner" ). tabee3i, a home for Metaphysical Naturalists. February 8, 2010.〕〔("President of American Atheists Announces Retirement" ). Friendly Atheist blog. patheos.com. June 30, 2010.〕〔("Ed Buckner, President of American Atheists. Debates at Mega Church Near Cincinnati, Ohio" ). Blasphemous Blogging. March 7, 2010. Press release, Atheists.org.〕 He was succeeded in this post by David Silverman. He served as executive director for the Council for Secular Humanism from 2001 to 2003 and was once the Council's southern director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ed Buckner )〕 As treasurer of the Atlanta Freethought Society, he led a protest at a 2007 rally organized by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to pray for rain. Buckner is currently a national board member for American Atheists.〔http://www.atheists.org/about-us/board-of-directors; accessdate=June 24, 2014〕 Buckner and his son, Michael E. Buckner, wrote ''In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty'' published by Prometheus Books in late 2012.〔http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=57_139&products_id=2145; accessdate=June 24, 2014.〕 Buckner was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia to an Episcopal clergyman father.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Speaker Profile: Ed Buckner )〕 He received his B.A. from Rice University in 1967 and his M. Ed. and Ph.D. (in educational leadership, 1983) from Georgia State University.〔 Dr. Buckner married his wife Lois Diane Bright Buckner in 1968, and the two gave birth to their child Michael Edward Buckner in 1970. Buckner was on the debate and football teams at Clear Creek High School (League City, Texas);〔The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas, Thursday, April 5, 1962, p. 7〕 though he left the h.s. in 1963 to attend Rice, he came back to graduate from CCHS in 1964.〔The Galveston News (Galveston, Texas, Wednesday, November 28, 1962, p. 9〕 Dr. Buckner has traveled across the United States and into the United Kingdom, voicing his support regarding freethought, secular humanism and the separation of state and church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.secularstudents.org/speakers/EdBuckner )〕 Ed Buckner's specialized topics in his presentations as a public speaker include "In Freedom We Trust" (debunking the notion of the United States being a Christian nation), "Atheism, Not Godliness" (providing support for atheism), "Secularism Across America" (a discussion regarding national organizations and their relationships between one another) among others. He is currently available for public speaking requests under Secular Student Alliance, an educational non-profit organization.〔 He has appeared often in the media circle as well, defending the civil liberties of Atheists and the separation of state and church on notable news outlets including CBS Evening News, Fox News, the Michael Medved Show, CNN, and the national CBS Radio News.〔Sumerian, Enki. ("Interview with Dr. Ed Buckner" ). tabee3i, a home for Metaphysical Naturalists. April 2, 2014.〕 Buckner, in May 2013, discovered Bibles in a cabin in a Georgia State Park. He responded by having atheist literature donated to be available alongside the bibles. Dr. Buckner has affiliations with many organizations that include the American Civil Liberties Union, the American United for Separation of Church and State, the Council for Secular Humanism, the Democratic Party and Freedom From Religion Foundation.〔 ==Selected bibliography== Buckner has contributed to the following books:〔 〕 * ''Quotations that Support the Separation of Church and State * 〔 〕 * (several entries) Other forms of publication include: ''Ideas conservadoras y Trabajo Social'' (original title: ''An Empirical Analysis of the Attitudes of Social Workers in the United States''), was published in ''Revista Trabajo Social'', No. 55 (1988), pages 52–57. This was written together with Howard Epstein, and was then translated into Spanish by Jorge Naranjo Candia; ''Revista Trabajo Social'' is a Chilean social work journal.〔 ''Urban Schools: A New Era?'', is a review article published in Urban Resources, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1985), on pages 51–53.〔 ''By Their ZIP Codes Shall Ye Know Them'', in ''Beyond 1984--Proceedings: Seventh Annual Conference of the Southern Future Society'' (Ermel Stepp, Jr., ed.) Huntington Beach, West Virginia: Marshall University, 1985, pp. 83–85.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Buckner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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